Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug #45
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pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 19.9 × 29.5 cm (7 13/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Accession Number
1991.241.17
Art Historical Context
Richard Artschwager's *Basket, Table, Door Window, Mirror, Rug45* (1974) is a captivating drawing from the artist's iconic series exploring everyday domestic objects. Created with pen and black ink over graphite wove paper, this work measures just 19.9 × 29.5 cm, close inspection. Artschwager, a key figure in late 20th-century American art associated with Pop and Conceptual movements, rendered these familiar items—basket, table,, window, mirror, and rug—in stark, schematic lines, transforming the mundane into abstracted forms that challenge perception. The piece exemplifies Artschwager's fasc...
About the Artist
Richard Artschwager
Richard Artschwager (1923–2013) was a singular American artist whose sculptures, paintings, and installations blurred the lines between everyday objects and high art, evoking associations with Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism. Born in Washington, D.C., to a Prussian botanist father and a Ukrainian-Jewish mother who instilled in him a love of art through her own studies at the Corcoran School...